For Baby

Just at little list for myself of all the things I'd like to make for baby. It already feels like it's going way too fast so I'd better get moving as the list seems to grow longer each day!

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I bought a pattern for a similar hat on Etsy and have made most of one of these sweet hats in grey, newborn size.

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Isn't this beautiful? Would love to make one each for Aoife and baby.

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Could I not be a better (and faster!) knitter? I love knits so much, but they give me so much trouble. This sweater from purlbee is simply lovely. Maybe I could manage this? Also would suit boy or girl.

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I. Adore. This. Sweater. Okay, I'll take the baby too. They are both just lovely. This looks complex to me, but maybe I could muddle through it.. I think the effort would be totally worth it.

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Ahh, this hat kills me. Cute overload. Guess it would not work well for a boy though? Well, he wouldn't know till he was older :)

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No wonder this is called the 'Sophisticate'--you could not get much more distinguished than this sweater! And works well for either gender..

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Pure cosiness.

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Slightly ashamed to say that I've just bought this. Pure impulse buy. It will never fit Aoife now and we have no idea if this baby will be a boy or a girl, but it was a really inexpensive Etsy purchase and I have such a hard time resisting vintage baby clothes. Maybe I will just keep this and admire it :) That lovely colour and the smocking..could not resist :)


P.S. I am finally happy with the look of my blog--new header and background! I think I can finally leave it alone now. With great thanks to The Background Fairy for providing such lovely backgrounds and headers and straightforward instructions for Luddites like me! (You'd never know I'm 'married' to a computer programmer--you'd think I'd have picked something up by now).

Two Little Hats

Aviatrix Hat on Ravelry

Aren't they lovely? Thanks again, Mum!

The left is for our sweet Aoife, the right is for a new little one that we are terribly excited to welcome in April or May :)

Festive

I know we've not even had Hallowe'en yet, but I couldn't resist another festive post! I saw this treasury on Etsy's front page this morning and just love the mood it invokes--what a beautifully curated collection! Makes me excited for those cold snowy days, the smell of wood-smoke in the air and sipping something hot in a cozy house..

Little Waldorf Angels

It's been a quite some time! I'm sure there's probably not a soul left reading here after my long hiatus, but here I am again with a tiny update nevertheless.

I'm participating in my first ever craft sale at the beginning over November, so I've been working away to get at least a few things ready to be able to offer there.

I've been very inspired by the simplicity of the Waldorf style and so made some ornaments in this style for the show.

Here they are!










I was quite proud of my new little tags too--though my hand was killing me for two days after punching all those little things out of the heavy brown pattern card! I got the stamp made from a seller on ebay for about $10 and I really like the way it turned out.

With Heavy Hearts

Our country bid farewell to a great man today. For many of us he drastically changed the face of politics by offering hope and optimism in some very cynical times. He cared about issues that affected everyday Canadians and to many he was the embodiment of everything that is great about this country.

If you get a chance (and if you haven't already), please read Jack Layton's letter to Canadians, written two days before his death, which I believe has resonance no matter where in the world you are from.




Thank you, Jack. We salute you.

Flashback Friday: Miniature Artistes

August, 1981

Backyard painting, featuring my brother and me.

Somehow, I still get just about that messy when I paint!

Aoife is much more like her dad at craft time, always wanting to keep clean and have her hands wiped. I love to watch her precision in contrast to my reckless abandon. At the moment she's still in her balloon period--the conversations during paint time can be quite funny:

A: I'm going to paint a tree!

painting....painting...painting...

Me: Oooh! That's a lovely tree, Aoife!

A: Actually, I think it's really a balloon Mama. Can you paint me a tree?

Flashback Friday: A First

Just as Tia, over at Christopher & Tia, is winding down her blog and has posted her very last Flashback Friday *sniff*... I'm just getting around to posting my very first!

Flashback Fridays, from Christopher & Tia:

So heres what we do. Every week we dig through our memories- old cell phone pictures, polaroids from 1986, something that you pulled out of a dirty shoe box- and we flashback to it. We show it off, and we write about it. We take ourselves back to that place, with as little or as much detail as our hearts are willing to share. Scan it, upload it, copy and paste it from your livejournal (remember those?)- display your memories in whatever way works for you. And then grab out button way down at the bottom of the page there (or link back old fashioned text style), add it to your flashback, add your link to our flashback, and if you've got an extra minute- maybe browse around and read some of the flashbacks left by others. Its just for fun. And really- memories are too precious to be left in an old dirty shoe box.

I thought this was such a lovely idea and enjoyed reading many of the entries, though never got around to it myself..

So, here it is, my very first flashback:

June 2010

Only a year ago and how much these two have changed--two little cousins, meeting for the first time--our little A. and my brother's daughter, E. visiting from England.

Sitting together, reading, sharing 'freezies', laughing and playing--it was truly a joy to see them meet for the first time! We hope to travel to the UK soon so the cousins can be together again and also meet A's new little cousin, E's newborn brother.

What a difference a year makes! Aoife looks so baby-like here with here chubby little cheeks. What little sweethearts they are!





Thanks Christopher & Tia for your lovely blog and for establishing this forum for sharing old memories!

Post your own Flashback! It's fun!